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Welcome to Arundel Castle which is situated in West Sussex, England. The castle has a history of nearly 1000 years and has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the world. Arundel Castle also plays a starring role in many films. The Gardens The White Garden is planted with soft white Iceberg Roses, and Snow White Lilies. The Rose Garden is newly planted with lovely old-fashioned English roses that are at their very best in June and July. The Organic Kitchen Garden produces a wide range of seasonal fruit and vegetables, pears, cherries and apples. The Castle Shop In the Castle Shop, you will discover a wide and interesting range of gift ideas for everyone. It offers gifts and souvenirs designed to appeal to all tastes and pockets. Foods, china, books, and stationery (文具) are all available. Many are sold in this Castle Shop only. At Arundel Castle we pride ourselves on supporting local suppliers and actively encourage environmentally friendly products. The Arundel Festival 2014 Saturday 16th to Monday 25th August The annual Arundel Festival gets bigger and better every year. It is one of the most amazing, diverse and easily accessible arts festivals in the UK, offering a mix of visual arts, music, theatre and street entertainment. Parking Coaches and mini-buses can drop off at the main Castle entrance in Mill Road and park in the main town car park that is opposite the castle entrance. Please inform us when making your booking of how many parking permits are required. 1.What can you do when visiting the castle? A. See how the local gifts are being made. B. Get old-fashioned English roses as gifts. C. Buy eco-friendly products in the Castle Shop. D. Get seasonal fruits and vegetables free of charge. 2.How long does the Arundel Festival last this year? A. 10 days.B. One week.C. 16 days.D. One month. 3.Where can you park the coach? A. In Mill Road. B. In the main town car park. C. Inside the Castle. D. At the main castle entrance.
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You use her as a shoulder to cry on. She texts you back with casual jokes. But she, Xiaoice, is only a virtual chatbot. Xiaoice, Microsoft’s latest artificial intelligence robot, was briefly released in 2014, and returned to WeChat in 2015, where she became a big hit. Millions of young Chinese now exchange messages with her daily, The New York Times reported. On WeChat, Xiaoice is an official account. After following it, users can start text-based conversations with Xiaoice. “Her incredible learning ability was why people loved to talk with Xiaoice,” Liu Jinchang, a researcher at High-tech Research and Development Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, told China Daily. Apart from her ability to identify photos and send emojis(表情符号) in conversations, Xiaoice gains 45 percent of her knowledge from interacting with users, China Daily reported. Chatbot programs first appeared in the mid-1960s in the US. Driven by top tech companies, they are becoming smarter and more common. For instance, IBM’s latest artificial intelligence program served as an academic consultant at Australia’s Deakin University, answering students’ questions about course schedules and financial aid. Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa have been used as voice assistants who can read news, play music and even make jokes for their users. These programs are expected to move beyond smartphones, into televisions, cars and living rooms, The New York Times pointed out. However, it may take decades before scientists develop a “Samantha”, the advanced chatbot seen in the fiction film Her. In the film, Samantha sparks a romantic relationship with her user played by US actor Joaquin Phoenix. Many viewers were enthusiastic about this fantasy of virtual soul mates. 1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph Two mean? A. She became a best seller. B. She became very powerful. C. She became a money maker. D. She became very popular. 2.Which of the following can Xiaoice do? A. Do housework. B. Spread messages. C. Identify various photos. D. Read news to its users. 3.Which company’s chatbot program can act as an academic consultant? A. Microsoft.B. IBM.C. Apple.D. Amazon. 4.What can be learned from the last paragraph? A. Chatbots mainly run on smartphones now. B. It’ll take decades to apply chatbots to cars. C. Samantha is played by a US actor in the film. D. The film Her doesn’t interest many audience.
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Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cat are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe for success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along smoothly. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog. However, it wasn’t all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission. In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other’s language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk ‘Dog’, and dogs can learn how to talk ‘Cat’. What’s interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn to read each other’s body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than was previously suspected. Once familiar with each other’s presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom (梳理) each other. The significance of this research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets—to people who don’t get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance. 1.Some cats and dogs may fight when ________. A. they are cold to each other B. they look away from each other C. they misunderstand each other’s signals D. they are introduced at an early age 2.What is found surprising about cats and dogs? A. They eat and sleep together. B. They observe each other’s behaviors. C. They learn to speak each other’s language. D. They know something from each other’s voices. 3.It is suggested in Paragraph 4 that cats and dogs ________. A. have common interests B. are less different than was thought C. have a common body language D. are less intelligent than was expected 4.What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs? A. We should learn to live in harmony. B. We should know more about animals. C. We should live in peace with animals. D. We should learn more body languages.
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 While I was waiting in line at a coffee shop earlier, a woman drove alongside the queue in a mobility scooter (小轮摩托车). There was only a ________ space between the line of people and the tables, which she ________ to drive along. She drove over my foot and didn’t ________, saying nothing at all. I got annoyed and expected she would have ________, but then I just decided to ________ it and got down to selecting which pastry (点心) to go with my coffee. The lady and I ended up sitting at adjacent (邻近的) tables. She was on the end of a row so that she could park her ________. After about half an hour, when she had ________ her coffee, she got up and back onto her scooter. It ________ start. She tried to turn the key several times ________ she telephoned the place she purchased it from. An engineer ________ within 5 minutes. The place must have been a local place. I couldn’t ________ overhearing their conversation, and it turned out that she had just ________ the scooter that morning. This was her very first outing in it. She felt really ________ about driving it. ________, she wasn’t used to its speed, nor its ________, and this combination made it quite ________ to drive it through narrow gaps. Suddenly, I felt ________ for the lady. It really didn’t ________ me at all that she’d driven over my foot. I had made an assumption, ________, that a person doing that should apologize. Next time you’re about to ________ someone, pause for a second and remind yourself that people have judged you without knowing what was going on in your mind or your life. 1.A. privateB. vastC. publicD. narrow 2.A. attemptedB. promisedC. declinedD. guaranteed 3.A. call backB. give upC. look backD. cheer up 4.A. ignoredB. apologizedC. explainedD. forgiven 5.A. dismissedB. madeC. deservedD. inspected 6.A. truckB. bikeC. carD. scooter 7.A. pouredB. finishedC. orderedD. purchased 8.A. needn’tB. shouldn’tC. wouldn’tD. mustn’t 9.A. soB. untilC. unlessD. before 10.A. broke inB. turned upC. ran awayD. settled down 11.A. tolerateB. allowC. resistD. postpone 12.A. collectedB. stolenC. producedD. abandoned 13.A. comfortableB. excitedC. confidentD. nervous 14.A. DoubtfullyB. CertainlyC. FortunatelyD. Surprisingly 15.A. widthB. lengthC. weightD. height 16.A. coolB. convenientC. stressfulD. desperate 17.A. pleasureB. regretC. appreciationD. sympathy 18.A. strikeB. botherC. satisfyD. motivate 19.A. otherwiseB. thereforeC. howeverD. besides 20.A. judgeB. hugC. persuadeD. tease
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway 1. （have）a close knock on Oct 22. He was so 2. (absorb) in his Smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past him, 3. (throw) him to the ground. This should serve 4. a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially 5. crossing roads. __6. (1ucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver 7. (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident, 8. led to a break in the running of other trains on the route. The Smartphone 9. (addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even 10. (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧) ，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线 (\) 划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。 2. 只允许修改10处，多者 (从第11处起) 不计分。 My friend Alice loved diving very much and she dreamed of become a professional diver one day. However, at an age of 14, she got a disease which caused her to become complete deaf. Many people thought a person was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well and advised him to give up. But Alice had thought differently. She went to school on the morning and then spent every afternoon diving. It was really difficulty for a deaf girl to dive. Therefore, she kept practicing every day. So far she has won several gold medal and is still trying to achieve more.
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假定你是李华。你们学校和一所美国中学签署了教师交流协议，在过去的一年里，你们的英文老师是来自这所中学的Sue。不久前她返回美国任教。请你根据写作要点和要求给Sue写封电子邮件。 写作要点： 1. 对她表达感谢之意； 2. 介绍她离开后你自己及班里发生的事情； 3. 希望了解她的近况。 注意： 1. 词数100左右； 2. 邮件中不能体现本人真人信息； 3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Miss Sue, I’m Li Hua, one of your students in China._______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ All the best. Li Hua
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